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Median age by country, 2011

Half the population is older and half is younger than this age. Values are UN estimates.

2011
#Country / areaMedian age2001
1Holy See61.9 yrs54.3 yrs
2Monaco49.1 yrs44.8 yrs
3Saint Helena45.0 yrs36.7 yrs
4Japan44.5 yrs41.1 yrs
5Germany43.6 yrs39.4 yrs
6Italy42.9 yrs39.6 yrs
7San Marino41.8 yrs38.0 yrs
8Isle of Man41.6 yrs38.6 yrs
9Serbia41.4 yrs39.3 yrs
10Bulgaria41.4 yrs39.0 yrs
11Croatia41.3 yrs38.9 yrs
12Austria41.2 yrs37.5 yrs
13Guernsey41.2 yrs37.7 yrs
14Finland41.2 yrs38.7 yrs
15Portugal40.9 yrs37.0 yrs
16Greece40.8 yrs37.1 yrs
17Saint Pierre and Miquelon40.8 yrs36.3 yrs
18Slovenia40.8 yrs37.4 yrs
19Switzerland40.7 yrs38.0 yrs
20Latvia40.6 yrs37.4 yrs
21Bermuda40.5 yrs36.4 yrs
22Liechtenstein40.5 yrs35.9 yrs
23Lithuania40.4 yrs35.5 yrs
24China, Hong Kong SAR40.3 yrs35.6 yrs
25Netherlands40.0 yrs36.5 yrs
26Belgium39.9 yrs38.2 yrs
27Jersey39.8 yrs37.0 yrs
28Sweden39.8 yrs38.5 yrs
29Martinique39.8 yrs33.9 yrs
30Denmark39.7 yrs37.5 yrs
31Spain39.6 yrs36.8 yrs
32Estonia39.5 yrs37.3 yrs
33Hungary39.4 yrs37.6 yrs
34France39.3 yrs36.9 yrs
35United States Virgin Islands39.0 yrs33.3 yrs
36Canada38.9 yrs36.2 yrs
37Czechia38.9 yrs36.7 yrs
38Malta38.9 yrs35.8 yrs
39Bosnia and Herzegovina38.8 yrs33.0 yrs
40Romania38.8 yrs33.8 yrs
41Ukraine38.7 yrs36.6 yrs
42Andorra38.6 yrs36.7 yrs
43Curaçao38.6 yrs33.2 yrs
44Gibraltar38.5 yrs37.2 yrs
45United Kingdom38.3 yrs36.8 yrs
46Belarus38.1 yrs35.9 yrs
47Luxembourg38.1 yrs36.3 yrs
48Montserrat37.9 yrs36.6 yrs
49Cuba37.8 yrs32.6 yrs
50Norway37.8 yrs36.0 yrs
51Guadeloupe37.6 yrs32.7 yrs
52Falkland Islands (Malvinas)37.6 yrs34.5 yrs
53Aruba37.5 yrs33.3 yrs
54Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba37.5 yrs32.9 yrs
55Faroe Islands37.2 yrs34.0 yrs
56Republic of Korea37.2 yrs31.2 yrs
57Russian Federation37.1 yrs36.0 yrs
58Poland37.0 yrs34.5 yrs
59China, Taiwan Province of China37.0 yrs31.6 yrs
60Saint Barthélemy36.8 yrs34.2 yrs
61Puerto Rico36.8 yrs31.7 yrs
62Slovakia36.5 yrs33.3 yrs
63Australia36.2 yrs34.6 yrs
64New Zealand36.1 yrs33.6 yrs
65United States of America36.0 yrs34.5 yrs
66Barbados35.9 yrs32.7 yrs
67China, Macao SAR35.7 yrs31.9 yrs
68Montenegro35.6 yrs32.6 yrs
69Georgia35.3 yrs33.2 yrs
70North Macedonia35.0 yrs31.3 yrs
71Sint Maarten (Dutch part)34.9 yrs30.8 yrs
72Cayman Islands34.7 yrs32.3 yrs
73China34.5 yrs29.5 yrs
74Iceland34.1 yrs32.1 yrs
75Thailand34.0 yrs29.5 yrs
76Niue34.0 yrs29.3 yrs
77Republic of Moldova33.9 yrs31.2 yrs
78Ireland33.8 yrs31.7 yrs
79Palau33.6 yrs30.2 yrs
80Uruguay33.3 yrs31.1 yrs
81Turks and Caicos Islands33.3 yrs28.1 yrs
82Dem. People's Republic of Korea33.3 yrs29.5 yrs
83Cyprus33.2 yrs30.8 yrs
84British Virgin Islands33.0 yrs30.0 yrs
85Singapore32.8 yrs31.4 yrs
86Northern Mariana Islands32.6 yrs28.4 yrs
87Greenland32.5 yrs31.5 yrs
88Mauritius32.3 yrs28.3 yrs
89Albania32.0 yrs26.5 yrs
90Anguilla32.0 yrs28.1 yrs
91Chile32.0 yrs28.4 yrs
92Armenia31.6 yrs29.0 yrs
93Trinidad and Tobago31.0 yrs26.8 yrs
94Bahamas30.8 yrs27.9 yrs
95United Arab Emirates30.7 yrs27.7 yrs
96Saint Martin (French part)30.7 yrs28.7 yrs
97Réunion30.7 yrs27.1 yrs
98Antigua and Barbuda30.6 yrs27.6 yrs
99Seychelles30.4 yrs26.7 yrs
100Dominica30.4 yrs27.1 yrs
101Qatar30.1 yrs29.1 yrs
102Saint Kitts and Nevis30.0 yrs26.0 yrs
103Wallis and Futuna Islands29.7 yrs22.0 yrs
104Kuwait29.5 yrs25.3 yrs
105Sri Lanka29.5 yrs26.5 yrs
106New Caledonia29.5 yrs25.8 yrs
107Cook Islands29.4 yrs24.0 yrs
108Bahrain29.2 yrs25.8 yrs
109Argentina29.1 yrs27.0 yrs
110Saint Vincent and the Grenadines28.8 yrs23.6 yrs
111Saint Lucia28.7 yrs23.3 yrs
112Brazil28.6 yrs24.5 yrs
113Azerbaijan28.5 yrs25.2 yrs
114Israel28.5 yrs27.0 yrs
115Türkiye28.5 yrs24.4 yrs
116Costa Rica28.4 yrs24.5 yrs
117Guam28.3 yrs26.6 yrs
118Tunisia28.2 yrs23.8 yrs
119French Polynesia28.1 yrs24.5 yrs
120Grenada27.9 yrs23.4 yrs
121Kazakhstan27.6 yrs26.8 yrs
122Viet Nam27.6 yrs23.1 yrs
123Western Sahara27.4 yrs22.3 yrs
124Lebanon27.2 yrs23.6 yrs
125Brunei Darussalam27.1 yrs25.1 yrs
126Indonesia26.9 yrs23.9 yrs
127Colombia26.9 yrs23.4 yrs
128Iran (Islamic Republic of)26.6 yrs20.8 yrs
129Panama26.2 yrs23.5 yrs
130Myanmar26.1 yrs23.2 yrs
131Jamaica25.9 yrs22.5 yrs
132Suriname25.7 yrs23.3 yrs
133Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)25.6 yrs21.4 yrs
134Peru25.6 yrs21.7 yrs
135Algeria25.5 yrs21.3 yrs
136Oman25.5 yrs20.2 yrs
137Malaysia25.4 yrs22.6 yrs
138Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)25.1 yrs22.3 yrs
139Mexico25.1 yrs22.1 yrs
140Morocco25.0 yrs21.7 yrs
141Tokelau24.9 yrs21.0 yrs
142Mongolia24.7 yrs21.1 yrs
143Fiji24.6 yrs21.7 yrs
144Libya24.5 yrs21.8 yrs
145Saudi Arabia24.2 yrs19.7 yrs
146Ecuador24.1 yrs21.4 yrs
147Maldives24.1 yrs18.2 yrs
148Uzbekistan24.0 yrs20.6 yrs
149Dominican Republic24.0 yrs21.3 yrs
150South Africa24.0 yrs21.1 yrs
151India23.9 yrs21.4 yrs
152Guyana23.4 yrs21.4 yrs
153Bhutan23.4 yrs19.4 yrs
154Turkmenistan23.3 yrs20.1 yrs
155Kyrgyzstan23.2 yrs21.5 yrs
156Tuvalu23.1 yrs22.5 yrs
157El Salvador22.8 yrs20.5 yrs
158French Guiana22.6 yrs23.0 yrs
159Paraguay22.5 yrs19.3 yrs
160Egypt22.4 yrs20.3 yrs
161Bangladesh22.2 yrs19.9 yrs
162Cabo Verde22.0 yrs17.8 yrs
163American Samoa21.9 yrs20.5 yrs
164Bolivia (Plurinational State of)21.8 yrs20.1 yrs
165Botswana21.7 yrs19.0 yrs
166Cambodia21.6 yrs17.4 yrs
167Nicaragua21.4 yrs18.4 yrs
168Belize21.2 yrs18.8 yrs
169Philippines21.1 yrs19.2 yrs
170Djibouti20.9 yrs19.2 yrs
171Syrian Arab Republic20.9 yrs17.7 yrs
172Nauru20.8 yrs19.3 yrs
173Jordan20.8 yrs19.1 yrs
174Haiti20.5 yrs18.5 yrs
175Gabon20.4 yrs18.4 yrs
176Kiribati20.4 yrs18.8 yrs
177Nepal20.4 yrs18.3 yrs
178Micronesia (Fed. States of)20.4 yrs18.1 yrs
179Lao People's Democratic Republic20.4 yrs17.1 yrs
180Equatorial Guinea20.4 yrs18.0 yrs
181Tonga20.1 yrs19.5 yrs
182Papua New Guinea20.1 yrs18.9 yrs
183Tajikistan20.0 yrs17.6 yrs
184Lesotho19.9 yrs18.3 yrs
185Samoa19.7 yrs18.6 yrs
186Marshall Islands19.7 yrs17.4 yrs
187Namibia19.6 yrs18.0 yrs
188Vanuatu19.6 yrs17.4 yrs
189Honduras19.6 yrs17.1 yrs
190Ghana19.3 yrs17.5 yrs
191Eswatini18.9 yrs16.7 yrs
192Guatemala18.9 yrs16.8 yrs
193Pakistan18.9 yrs17.1 yrs
194Congo18.7 yrs17.7 yrs
195Solomon Islands18.6 yrs17.4 yrs
196Iraq18.0 yrs16.9 yrs
197Togo18.0 yrs17.4 yrs
198South Sudan18.0 yrs16.3 yrs
199Timor-Leste17.9 yrs17.5 yrs
200Comoros17.8 yrs15.3 yrs
201Sao Tome and Principe17.8 yrs16.9 yrs
202State of Palestine17.6 yrs15.2 yrs
203Liberia17.6 yrs17.2 yrs
204Rwanda17.6 yrs15.7 yrs
205Eritrea17.4 yrs16.3 yrs
206Senegal17.4 yrs16.6 yrs
207Guinea-Bissau17.2 yrs16.4 yrs
208Sierra Leone17.2 yrs16.9 yrs
209Zimbabwe17.2 yrs16.9 yrs
210Côte d'Ivoire17.1 yrs15.7 yrs
211Kenya17.0 yrs15.7 yrs
212Yemen16.9 yrs14.6 yrs
213Cameroon16.9 yrs16.3 yrs
214Benin16.8 yrs16.1 yrs
215Madagascar16.8 yrs16.1 yrs
216Mauritania16.8 yrs16.6 yrs
217Nigeria16.6 yrs16.9 yrs
218Gambia16.4 yrs15.4 yrs
219Guinea16.4 yrs16.2 yrs
220Mayotte16.4 yrs16.9 yrs
221Angola16.3 yrs16.1 yrs
222Sudan16.3 yrs15.9 yrs
223Burundi16.2 yrs14.8 yrs
224United Republic of Tanzania16.1 yrs16.4 yrs
225Ethiopia16.0 yrs15.0 yrs
226Burkina Faso16.0 yrs15.5 yrs
227Democratic Republic of the Congo15.8 yrs16.0 yrs
228Mozambique15.8 yrs16.1 yrs
229Zambia15.7 yrs14.9 yrs
230Malawi15.7 yrs15.7 yrs
231Central African Republic15.5 yrs16.0 yrs
232Mali15.2 yrs15.5 yrs
233Afghanistan14.8 yrs13.9 yrs
234Somalia14.7 yrs15.1 yrs
235Chad14.6 yrs14.5 yrs
236Uganda14.3 yrs13.9 yrs
237Niger14.2 yrs15.1 yrs

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.